Outdoor Arts Portugal Showcase aims to promote and disseminate Portuguese contemporary artistic creation in public space, valuing opportunities for national and international circulation of works by emerging Portuguese creators or residents in Portugal. The 2022 edition of the showcase unfolds in two distinct actions. First, a digital event, on October 17th, through an online pitch session in which emerging creators selected from an open call will present the concept of their artistic proposals to an international audience of professionals.

17 October 2022

Online pitch session

15:00 [CET]

Register HERE.

• Circo Caótico - Raiz
• Beatriz Valentim - SELF
• Vaya + B-Side Company - I See You
• Gil Ferrão - Playground
• Darya Efrat, Joana Carmo Martins & Rita Carmo Martins - L ! N K

A second moment will take place on November 30th and December 1st, in person, in Ílhavo and connected with the DIVE#2 (Diverse Body/ies) event of Circostrada Network, in partnership with Bússola, 23 Milhas/Municipality of Ílhavo and Acesso Cultura. As part of the LEME festival program and the DIVE#2 professional program, two artistic projects were selected through an open call for public performance.

30 November 2022, 18:30

Margarida Montenÿ & Carminda Soares - Simulacro

Planteia, Casa Cultura Ílhavo

1 December 2022, 18:30

Mariana Barros - Corpo Espetacular

Planteia, Casa Cultura Ílhavo

The performances are free to access, without prior registration. If you want to participate in the complementary professional program (DIVE#2), make sure you register HERE, between 10th of October and 14th of November.

Outdoor Arts Portugal is an interdisciplinary platform, promoted by Bússola, aimed at Portuguese creative and production professionals in the fields of outdoor contemporary arts, which aims to improve conditions for the development of artistic creation in this field, focusing on a mission of promoting and disseminating current languages, innovative dramaturgy and international sectoral communication. A project implemented with the support of the Portuguese Republic - Culture, through the Direção-Geral das Artes.